Mark Zuckerberg To Spend Eight Crazy Nights Down In Uruguay

one trying, and often failing, to meet the demands of his
800 million users. But on vacation in Uruguay for eight days, the
Facebook CEO gets to be the one issuing
requests. And he's a rather insane customer.

The local press is
full of
stories about the visit by Zuckerberg, his girlfriend, and
seven other friends to Punta del Esta, a resort town on the South
American country's southeastern coast. The changes demanded by
the 27-year-old billionaire to the house he's been lent,
apparently by a fellow businessman, give a sense of how
obsessive-compulsive he can be. Keep in mind these arrangements
are for a jaunt of barely one week:

The pets were banished. "Pets that live on the
property were taken to a vet because, within the millionaire's
group, some people are very allergic,"
reports El Pais.

Everything was scrubbed with special
chemicals. "All the property was cleaned with special
products," El Pais added.

A ridiculous number of servants and guards were
hired. It sounds like roughly a 1-1 ratio of staff to
visitors: A chef, a cook, two maids, two bodyguards, and at
least two "specially hired security guards." So at least eight
people serving nine guests.

All the furniture was replaced. If you're
going to be hanging out somewhere for eight whole days, do you
really want out-of-date, unfashionable, dusty old
millionaire-vacation-home furniture lying around? No you do
not, not if you're worth $17.5 billion. All furniture in the
vacation home was reportedly removed and replaced.

Maybe Zuckerberg is planning some kind of big party. He's hardly
the only internet mogul hanging out in South America this
southern summer. At the airport in Rio the other day, a greeter
held up a sign for Spotify founder (and recent Facebook
partner) Daniel Ek, according to our man
in Brazil. And - this just in from our Uruguay tipster -
Sean Parker has arrived at the Laguna del Sauce airport.